Hustle 1

Question 1

Which of the following algorithms can be used to guarantee the integrity of messages being sent, in transit, or stored?QUESTION 1
Which of the following algorithms can be used to guarantee the integrity of messages being sent, in transit, or stored?
A. symmetric algorithms
B. asymmetric algorithms
C. hashing algorithms
D. integrity algorithms

Answer 1

C. hashing algorithms

Question 2

A user on your Windows 2000 network has discovered that he can use L0phtcrack to sniff the SMB exchanges which carry user logons. The user is plugged into a hub with 23 other systems.
However, he is unable to capture any logons though he knows that other users are logging in.
What do you think is the most likely reason behind this?
A. There is a NIDS present on that segment.
B. Kerberos is preventing it.
C. Windows logons cannot be sniffed.
D. L0phtcrack only sniffs logons to web servers.

Answer 2

B. Kerberos is preventing it.

Question 3

You are attempting to crack LM Manager hashed from Windows 2000 SAM file. You will be using LM Brute force hacking tool for decryption. What encryption algorithm will you be decrypting?
A. MD4
B. DES
C. SHA
D. SSL

Answer 3

B. DES

Question 4

In the context of password security, a simple dictionary attack involves loading a dictionary file (a text file full of dictionary words) into a cracking application such as L0phtCrack or John the Ripper, and running it
against user accounts located by the application. The larger the word and word fragment selection, the more effective the dictionary attack is. The brute force method is the most inclusive, although slow. It usually
tries every possible letter and number combination in its automated exploration. If you would use both brute force and dictionary methods combined together to have variation of words, what would you call such an
attack?
A. Full Blown
B. Thorough
C. Hybrid
D. BruteDics

Answer 4

C. Hybrid

Question 5

What is the algorithm used by LM for Windows2000 SAM?
A. MD4
B. DES
C. SHA
D. SSL

Answer 5

B. DES

Question 6

E-mail scams and mail fraud are regulated by which of the following?
A. 18 U.S.C. par. 1030 Fraud and Related activity in connection with Computers
B. 18 U.S.C. par. 1029 Fraud and Related activity in connection with Access Devices
C. 18 U.S.C. par. 1362 Communication Lines, Stations, or Systems
D. 18 U.S.C. par. 2510 Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communication

Answer 6

A. 18 U.S.C. par. 1030 Fraud and Related activity in connection with Computers

Question 7

Which of the following LM hashes represent a password of less than 8 characters? (Choose two.)
A. BA810DBA98995F1817306D272A9441BB
B. 44EFCE164AB921CQAAD3B435B51404EE
C. 0182BD0BD4444BF836077A718CCDF409
D. CEC52EB9C8E3455DC2265B23734E0DAC
E. B757BF5C0D87772FAAD3B435B51404EE
F. E52CAC67419A9A224A3B108F3FA6CB6D

Answer 7

B. 44EFCE164AB921CQAAD3B435B51404EE
E. B757BF5C0D87772FAAD3B435B51404EE

Question 8

Which of the following is the primary objective of a rootkit?
A. It opens a port to provide an unauthorized service
B. It creates a buffer overflow
C. It replaces legitimate programs
D. It provides an undocumented opening in a program

Answer 8

C. It replaces legitimate programs

Question 9

_ is a tool that can hide processes from the process list, can hide files, registry entries, and intercept keystrokes.
A. Trojan
B. RootKit
C. DoS tool
D. Scanner
E. Backdoor

Answer 9

B. RootKit

Question 10

This kind of password cracking method uses word lists in combination with numbers and special characters:
A. Hybrid
B. Linear
C. Symmetric
D. Brute Force

Answer 10

A. Hybrid

Question 11

What is the BEST alternative if you discover that a rootkit has been installed on one of your computers?
A. Copy the system files from a known good system
B. Perform a trap and trace
C. Delete the files and try to determine the source
D. Reload from a previous backup
E. Reload from known good media

Answer 11

E. Reload from known good media

Question 12

User A is writing a sensitive email message to user B outside the local network. User A has chosen to use PKI to secure his message and ensure only user B can read the sensitive email. At what layer of the OSI layer
does the encryption and decryption of the message take place?
A. Application
B. Transport
C. Session
D. Presentation

Answer 12

D. Presentation

Question 13

You are tasked to perform a penetration test. While you are performing information gathering, you find an employee list in Google. You find the receptionist’s email, and you send her an email changing the source
email to her boss’s email (boss@company). In this email, you ask for a pdf with information. She reads your email and sends back a pdf with links. You exchange the pdf links with your malicious links (these links
contain malware) and send back the modified pdf, saying that the links don’t work. She reads your email, opens the links, and her machine gets infected. You now have access to the company network. What testing
method did you use?
A. Social engineering
B. Piggybacking
C. Tailgating
D. Eavesdropping

Answer 13

A. Social engineering

Question 14

A new wireless client is configured to join a 802.11 network. This client uses the same hardware and software as many of the other clients on the network. The client can see the network, but cannot connect. A
wireless packet sniffer shows that the Wireless Access Point (WAP) is not responding to the association requests being sent by the wireless client. What is a possible source of this problem?
A. The WAP does not recognize the client’s MAC address
B. The client cannot see the SSID of the wireless network
C. Client is configured for the wrong channel
D. The wireless client is not configured to use DHCP

Answer 14

A. The WAP does not recognize the client’s MAC address

Question 15

If a tester is attempting to ping a target that exists but receives no response or a response that states the destination is unreachable, ICMP may be disabled and the network may be using TCP. Which other option
could the tester use to get a response from a host using TCP?
A. Traceroute
B. Hping
C. TCP ping
D. Broadcast ping

Answer 15

C. TCP ping

Question 16

Which is the first step followed by Vulnerability Scanners for scanning a network?
A. OS Detection
B. Firewall detection
C. TCP/UDP Port scanning
D. Checking if the remote host is alive

Answer 16

D. Checking if the remote host is alive

Question 17

Which of the following programs is usually targeted at Microsoft Office products?
A. Polymorphic virus
B. Multipart virus
C. Macro virus
D. Stealth virus

Answer 17

C. Macro virus

Question 18

A technician is resolving an issue where a computer is unable to connect to the Internet using a wireless access point. The computer is able to transfer files locally to other machines, but cannot successfully reach the
Internet. When the technician examines the IP address and default gateway they are both on the 192.168.1.0/24. Which of the following has occurred?
A. The computer is not using a private IP address.
B. The gateway is not routing to a public IP address.
C. The gateway and the computer are not on the same network.
D. The computer is using an invalid IP address.

Answer 18

B. The gateway is not routing to a public IP address.

Question 19

Identify the UDP port that Network Time Protocol (NTP) uses as its primary means of communication?
A. 113
B. 69
C. 123
D. 161

Answer 19

C. 123

Question 20

Which of the following tools performs comprehensive tests against web servers, including dangerous files and CGIs?
A. Nikto
B. John the Ripper
C. Dsniff
D. Snort

Answer 20

A. Nikto

Question 21

An incident investigator asks to receive a copy of the event logs from all firewalls, proxy servers, and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) on the network of an organization that has experienced a possible breach of
security. When the investigator attempts to correlate the information in all of the logs, the sequence of many of the logged events do not match up.
What is the most likely cause?
A. The network devices are not all synchronized.
B. Proper chain of custody was not observed while collecting the logs.
C. The attacker altered or erased events from the logs.
D. The security breach was a false positive.

Answer 21

A. The network devices are not all synchronized.

Question 22

During a black-box pen test you attempt to pass IRC traffic over port 80/TCP from a compromised web enabled host. The traffic gets blocked; however, outbound HTTP traffic is unimpeded. What type of firewall is
inspecting outbound traffic?
A. Circuit
B. Stateful
C. Application
D. Packet Filtering

Answer 22

C. Application

Question 23

By using a smart card and pin, you are using a two-factor authentication that satisfies
A. Something you are and something you remember
B. Something you have and something you know
C. Something you know and something you are
D. Something you have and something you are

Answer 23

B. Something you have and something you know

Question 24

A. …….is an attack type for a rogue Wi-Fi access point that appears to be a legitimate one offered on the premises, but actually has been set up to eavesdrop on wireless communications. It is the wireless version of
the phishing scam. An attacker fools wireless users into connecting a laptop or mobile phone to a tainted hot-spot by posing as a legitimate provider. This type of attack may be used to steal the passwords of
unsuspecting users by either snooping the communication link or by phishing, which involves setting up a fraudulent web site and luring people there.” Fill in the blank with appropriate choice.
B. Evil Twin Attack
C. Sinkhole Attack
D. Collision Attack
E. Signal Jamming Attack

Answer 24

B. Evil Twin Attack

Question 25

What term describes the amount of risk that remains after the vulnerabilities are classified and the countermeasures have been deployed?
A. Residual risk
B. Impact risk
C. Deferred risk
D. Inherent risk

Answer 25

A. Residual risk

Question 26

Session splicing is an IDS evasion technique in which an attacker delivers data in multiple, small sized packets to the target computer, making it very difficult for an IDS to detect the attack signatures.
Which tool can be used to perform session splicing attacks?
A. tcpsplice
B. Burp
C. Hydra
D. Whisker

Answer 26

D. Whisker

Question 27

You have successfully comprised a server having an IP address of 10.10.0.5. You would like to enumerate all machines in the same network quickly.
What is the best Nmap command you will use?
A. nmap -T4 -q 10.10.0.0/24
B. nmap -T4 -F 10.10.0.0/24
C. nmap -T4 -r 10.10.1.0/24
D. nmap -T4 -O 10.10.0.0/24

Answer 27

B. nmap -T4 -F 10.10.0.0/24

Question 28

Which of the following is the BEST way to defend against network sniffing?
A. Using encryption protocols to secure network communications
B. Register all machines MAC Address in a Centralized Database
C. Use Static IP Address
D. Restrict Physical Access to Server Rooms hosting Critical Servers

Answer 28

A. Using encryption protocols to secure network communications

Question 29

Although FTP traffic is not encrypted by default, which layer 3 protocol would allow for end-to-end encryption of the connection?
A. SFTP
B. Ipsec
C. SSL
D. FTPS

Answer 29

B. Ipsec

Question 30

You are the Network Admin, and you get a complaint that some of the websites are no longer accessible. You try to ping the servers and find them to be reachable. Then you type the IP address and then you try on
the browser, and find it to be accessible. But they are not accessible when you try using the URL.
What may be the problem?
A. Traffic is Blocked on UDP Port 53
B. Traffic is Blocked on TCP Port 80
C. Traffic is Blocked on TCP Port 54
D. Traffic is Blocked on UDP Port 80

Answer 30

A. Traffic is Blocked on UDP Port 53

Question 31

Which of the following tools is used to detect wireless LANs using the 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN standards on a linux platform?
A. Kismet
B. Abel
C. Netstumbler
D. Nessus

Answer 31

A. Kismet

Question 32

Scenario1:
A. Victim opens the attacker’s web site.
B. Attacker sets up a web site which contains interesting and attractive content like ‘Do you want to make $1000 in a day?’.
C. Victim clicks to the interesting and attractive content URL.
D. Attacker creates a transparent ‘iframe’ in front of the URL which victim attempts to click, so victim thinks that he/she clicks to the ‘Do you want to make $1000 in a day?’ URL but actually he/she clicks to the
content or URL that exists in the transparent ‘iframe’ which is setup by the attacker.
What is the name of the attack which is mentioned in the scenario?
E. Session Fixation
F. HTML Injection
G. HTTP Parameter Pollution
H. Clickjacking Attack

Answer 32

H. Clickjacking Attack

Question 33

A network administrator discovers several unknown files in the root directory of his Linux FTP server.
One of the files is a tarball, two are shell script files, and the third is a binary file is named “nc.” The FTP server’s access logs show that the anonymous user account logged in to the server, uploaded the files, and
extracted the contents of the tarball and ran the script using a function provided by the FTP server’s software. The “ps” command shows that the “nc” file is running as process, and the netstat command shows the
“nc” process is listening on a network port.
What kind of vulnerability must be present to make this remote attack possible?
A. File system permissions
B. Privilege escalation
C. Directory traversal
D. Brute force login

Answer 33

A. File system permissions

Question 34

Which method of password cracking takes the most time and effort?
A. Dictionary attack
B. Shoulder surfing
C. Rainbow tables
D. Brute force

Answer 34

D. Brute force

Question 35

What does the –oX flag do in an Nmap scan?
A. Perform an eXpress scan
B. Output the results in truncated format to the screen
C. Output the results in XML format to a file
D. Perform an Xmas scan

Answer 35

C. Output the results in XML format to a file

Question 36

A bank stores and processes sensitive privacy information related to home loans. However, auditing has never been enabled on the system. What is the first step that the bank should take before enabling the audit
feature?
A. Perform a vulnerability scan of the system.
B. Determine the impact of enabling the audit feature.
C. Perform a cost/benefit analysis of the audit feature.
D. Allocate funds for staffing of audit log review.

Answer 36

B. Determine the impact of enabling the audit feature.

Question 37

Which Intrusion Detection System is the best applicable for large environments where critical assets on the network need extra scrutiny and is ideal for observing sensitive network segments?
A. Honeypots
B. Firewalls
C. Network-based intrusion detection system (NIDS)
D. Host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS)

Answer 37

C. Network-based intrusion detection system (NIDS)

Question 38

The collection of potentially actionable, overt, and publicly available information is known as
A. Open-source intelligence
B. Real intelligence
C. Social intelligence
D. Human intelligence

Answer 38

A. Open-source intelligence

Question 39

What is one of the advantages of using both symmetric and asymmetric cryptography in SSL/TLS?
A. Supporting both types of algorithms allows less-powerful devices such as mobile phones to use symmetric encryption instead.
B. Symmetric algorithms such as AES provide a failsafe when asymmetric methods fail.
C. Symmetric encryption allows the server to security transmit the session keys out-of-band.
D. Asymmetric cryptography is computationally expensive in comparison. However, it is well-suited to securely negotiate keys for use with symmetric cryptography.

Answer 39

A. Supporting both types of algorithms allows less-powerful devices such as mobile phones to use symmetric encryption instead.

Question 40

The change of a hard drive failure is once every three years. The cost to buy a new hard drive is $300.
It will require 10 hours to restore the OS and software to the new hard disk. It will require a further 4 hours to restore the database from the last backup to the new hard disk. The recovery person earns $10/hour.
Calculate the SLE, ARO, and
ALE. Assume the EF = 1(100%). What is the closest approximate cost of this replacement and recovery operation per year?
A. $1320
B. $440
C. $100
D. $146

Answer 40

D. $146

Question 41

What is the known plaintext attack used against DES which gives the result that encrypting plaintext with one DES key followed by encrypting it with a second DES key is no more secure than using a single key?
A. Man-in-the-middle attack
B. Meet-in-the-middle attack
C. Replay attack
D. Traffic analysis attack

Answer 41

B. Meet-in-the-middle attack

Question 42

A camera captures people walking and identifies the individuals using Steve’s approach.
After that, people must approximate their RFID badges. Both the identifications are required to open the door. In this case, we can say:
A. Although the approach has two phases, it actually implements just one authentication factor
B. The solution implements the two authentication factors: physical object and physical characteristic
C. The solution will have a high level of false positives
D. Biological motion cannot be used to identify people
Correct Answer:

Answer 42

B. The solution implements the two authentication factors: physical object and physical characteristic

Question 43

What is not a PCI compliance recommendation?
A. Use a firewall between the public network and the payment card data.
B. Use encryption to protect all transmission of card holder data over any public network.
C. Rotate employees handling credit card transactions on a yearly basis to different departments.
D. Limit access to card holder data to as few individuals as possible.

Answer 43

C. Rotate employees handling credit card transactions on a yearly basis to different departments.

Question 44

What is the minimum number of network connections in a multihomed firewall?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 4
D. 2

Answer 44

A. 3

Question 45

Suppose your company has just passed a security risk assessment exercise. The results display that the risk of the breach in the main company application is 50%. Security staff has taken some measures and
implemented the necessary controls. After that, another security risk assessment was performed showing that risk has decreased to 10%. The risk threshold for the application is 20%. Which of the following risk
decisions will be the best for the project in terms of its successful continuation with the most business profit?
A. Accept the risk
B. Introduce more controls to bring risk to 0%
C. Mitigate the risk
D. Avoid the risk

Answer 45

A. Accept the risk

Question 46

You need to deploy a new web-based software package for your organization. The package requires three separate servers and needs to be available on the Internet. What is the recommended architecture in terms
of server placement?
A. All three servers need to be placed internally
B. A web server facing the Internet, an application server on the internal network, a database server on the internal network
C. A web server and the database server facing the Internet, an application server on the internal network
D. All three servers need to face the Internet so that they can communicate between themselves
Correct Answer:

Answer 46

B. A web server facing the Internet, an application server on the internal network, a database server on the internal network

Question 47

An attacker, using a rogue wireless AP, performed an MITM attack and injected an HTML code to embed a malicious applet in all HTTP connections.
When users accessed any page, the applet ran and exploited many machines. Which one of the following tools the hacker probably used to inject HTML code?
A. Wireshark
B. Ettercap
C. Aircrack-ng
D. Tcpdump

Answer 47

B. Ettercap

Question 48

Which mode of IPSec should you use to assure security and confidentiality of data within the same LAN?
A. ESP transport mode
B. ESP confidential
C. AH permiscuous
D. AH Tunnel mode

Answer 48

A. ESP transport mode

Question 49

Hackers often raise the trust level of a phishing message by modeling the email to look similar to the internal email used by the target company. This includes using logos, formatting, and names of the target
company. The phishing message will often use the name of the company CEO, President, or Managers. The time a hacker spends performing research to locate this information about a company is known as?
A. Exploration
B. Investigation
C. Reconnaissance

Answer 49

C. Reconnaissance

Question 50

Which of the following viruses tries to hide from anti-virus programs by actively altering and corrupting the chosen service call interruptions when they are being run?
A. Macro virus
B. Stealth/Tunneling virus
C. Cavity virus
D. Polymorphic virus

Answer 50

B. Stealth/Tunneling virus

Question 51

The “Gray-box testing” methodology enforces what kind of restriction?
A. Only the external operation of a system is accessible to the tester.
B. The internal operation of a system in only partly accessible to the tester.
C. Only the internal operation of a system is known to the tester.
D. The internal operation of a system is completely known to the tester.

Answer 51

D. The internal operation of a system is completely known to the tester.

Question 52

When analyzing the IDS logs, the system administrator noticed an alert was logged when the external router was accessed from the administrator’s Computer to update the router configuration.
What type of an alert is this?
A. False negative
B. True negative
C. True positive
D. False positive

Answer 52

D. False positive

Question 53

A large company intends to use Blackberry for corporate mobile phones and a security analyst is assigned to evaluate the possible threats. The analyst will use the Blackjacking attack method to demonstrate how an
attacker could circumvent perimeter defenses and gain access to the Prometric Online Testing – Reports https://ibt1.prometric.com/users/custom/report_queue/rq_str… corporate network. What tool should the analyst
use to perform a Blackjacking attack?
A. Paros Proxy
B. BBProxy
C. Blooover
D. BBCrack

Answer 53

B. BBProxy

Question 54

When you are getting information about a web server, it is very important to know the HTTPMethods (GET, POST, HEAD, PUT, DELETE, TRACE) that are available because there are two criticalmethods (PUT and
DELETE). PUT can upload a file to the server and DELETE can delete a file from theserver. You can detect all these methods (GET, POST, HEAD, DELETE, PUT, TRACE) using NMAP scriptengine. What Nmap script will
help you with this task?
A. http-methods
B. http enum
C. http-headers
D. http-git

Answer 54

A. http-methods

Question 55

Todd has been asked by the security officer to purchase a counter-based authentication system.
Which of the following best describes this type of system?
A. A biometric system that bases authentication decisions on behavioral attributes.
B. A biometric system that bases authentication decisions on physical attributes.
C. An authentication system that creates one-time passwords that are encrypted with secret keys.
D. An authentication system that uses passphrases that are converted into virtual passwords.

Answer 55

C. An authentication system that creates one-time passwords that are encrypted with secret keys.

Question 56

Which of the following is a low-tech way of gaining unauthorized access to systems?
A. Social Engineering
B. Eavesdropping
C. Scanning
D. Sniffing

Answer 56

A. Social Engineering

Question 57

Correct Answer: A
Section:
Explanation:
QUESTION 57
Which system consists of a publicly available set of databases that contain domain name registration contact information?
A. WHOIS
B. CAPTCHA
C. IANA
D. IETF

Answer 57

Correct Answer: A

Question 58

Why is a penetration test considered to be more thorough than vulnerability scan?
A. Vulnerability scans only do host discovery and port scanning by default.
B. A penetration test actively exploits vulnerabilities in the targeted infrastructure, while a vulnerability scan does not typically involve active exploitation.
C. It is not – a penetration test is often performed by an automated tool, while a vulnerability scan requires active engagement.
D. The tools used by penetration testers tend to have much more comprehensive vulnerability databases.

Answer 58

B. A penetration test actively exploits vulnerabilities in the targeted infrastructure, while a vulnerability scan does not typically involve active exploitation.

Question 59

Bob received this text message on his mobile phone: “Hello, this is Scott Smelby from the Yahoo Bank. Kindly contact me for a vital transaction on: scottsmelby@yahoo.com”. Which statement below is true?
A. This is a scam as everybody can get a @yahoo address, not the Yahoo customer service employees.
B. This is a scam because Bob does not know Scott.
C. Bob should write to scottmelby@yahoo.com to verify the identity of Scott.
D. This is probably a legitimate message as it comes from a respectable organization.

Answer 59

A. This is a scam as everybody can get a @yahoo address, not the Yahoo customer service employees.

Question 60

env x=’(){ :;};echo exploit’ bash –c ‘cat/etc/passwd’ What is the Shellshock bash vulnerability attempting to do on a vulnerable Linux host?
A. Removes the passwd file
B. Changes all passwords in passwd
C. Add new user to the passwd file
D. Display passwd content to prompt

Answer 60

D. Display passwd content to prompt

Question 61

Which of the following is assured by the use of a hash?
A. Authentication
B. Confidentiality
C. Availability
D. Integrity

Answer 61

D. Integrity

Question 62

Which results will be returned with the following Google search query? site:target.com – site:Marketing.target.com accounting
A. Results from matches on the site marketing.target.com that are in the domain target.com but do not include the word accounting.
B. Results matching all words in the query.
C. Results for matches on target.com and Marketing.target.com that include the word “accounting”
D. Results matching “accounting” in domain target.com but not on the site Marketing.target.com

Answer 62

D. Results matching “accounting” in domain target.com but not on the site Marketing.target.com

Question 63

Email is transmitted across the Internet using the Simple Mail Transport Protocol. SMTP does not encrypt email, leaving the information in the message vulnerable to being read by an unauthorized person. SMTP can
upgrade a connection between two mail servers to use TLS. Email transmitted by SMTP over TLS is encrypted. What is the name of the command used by SMTP to transmit email over TLS?
A. OPPORTUNISTICTLS
B. UPGRADETLS
C. FORCETLS
D. STARTTLS

Answer 63

D. STARTTLS

Question 64

In the field of cryptanalysis, what is meant by a “rubber-hose” attack?
A. Forcing the targeted keystream through a hardware-accelerated device such as an ASIC.
B. A backdoor placed into a cryptographic algorithm by its creator.
C. Extraction of cryptographic secrets through coercion or torture.
D. Attempting to decrypt ciphertext by making logical assumptions about the contents of the original plaintext.

Answer 64

C. Extraction of cryptographic secrets through coercion or torture.

Question 65

You are a Network Security Officer. You have two machines. The first machine (192.168.0.99) has snort installed, and the second machine (192.168.0.150) has kiwi syslog installed. You perform a syn scan in your
network, and you notice that kiwi syslog is not receiving the alert message from snort.
You decide to run wireshark in the snort machine to check if the messages are going to the kiwi syslog machine. What Wireshark filter will show the connections from the snort machine to kiwi syslog machine?
A. tcp.srcport= = 514 && ip.src= = 192.168.0.99
B. tcp.srcport= = 514 && ip.src= = 192.168.150
C. tcp.dstport= = 514 && ip.dst= = 192.168.0.99
D. tcp.dstport= = 514 && ip.dst= = 192.168.0.150

Answer 65

D. tcp.dstport= = 514 && ip.dst= = 192.168.0.150

Question 66

What two conditions must a digital signature meet?
A. Has to be the same number of characters as a physical signature and must be unique.
B. Has to be unforgeable, and has to be authentic.
C. Must be unique and have special characters.
D. Has to be legible and neat.

Answer 66

B. Has to be unforgeable, and has to be authentic.

Question 67

QUESTION 67
A company’s security policy states that all Web browsers must automatically delete their HTTPbrowser cookies upon terminating. What sort of security breach is this policy attempting to mitigate?
A. Attempts by attackers to access the user and password information stored in the company’s SQL database.
B. Attempts by attackers to access Web sites that trust the Web browser user by stealing the user’s authentication credentials.
C. Attempts by attackers to access password stored on the user’s computer without the user’s knowledge.
D. Attempts by attackers to determine the user’s Web browser usage patterns, including when sites were visited and for how long.

Answer 67

B. Attempts by attackers to access Web sites that trust the Web browser user by stealing the user’s authentication credentials.

Question 68

What is correct about digital signatures?
A. A digital signature cannot be moved from one signed document to another because it is the hash of the original document encrypted with the private key of the signing party.
B. Digital signatures may be used in different documents of the same type.
C. A digital signature cannot be moved from one signed document to another because it is a plain hash of the document content.
D. Digital signatures are issued once for each user and can be used everywhere until they expire.

Answer 68

A. A digital signature cannot be moved from one signed document to another because it is the hash of the original document encrypted with the private key of the signing party.

Question 69

An attacker with access to the inside network of a small company launches a successful STP manipulation attack. What will he do next?
A. He will create a SPAN entry on the spoofed root bridge and redirect traffic to his computer.
B. He will activate OSPF on the spoofed root bridge.
C. He will repeat this action so that it escalates to a DoS attack.
D. He will repeat the same attack against all L2 switches of the network.

Answer 69

A. He will create a SPAN entry on the spoofed root bridge and redirect traffic to his computer.

Question 70

You have gained physical access to a Windows 2008 R2 server which has an accessible disc drive.
When you attempt to boot the server and log in, you are unable to guess the password. In your toolkit, you have an Ubuntu 9.10 Linux LiveCD. Which Linux-based tool can change any user’s password or activate
disabled Windows accounts?
A. John the Ripper
B. SET
C. CHNTPW
D. Cain & Abel

Answer 70

C. CHNTPW

Question 71

What does a firewall check to prevent particular ports and applications from getting packets into an organization?
A. Transport layer port numbers and application layer headers
B. Presentation layer headers and the session layer port numbers
C. Network layer headers and the session layer port numbers
D. Application layer port numbers and the transport layer headers

Answer 71

A. Transport layer port numbers and application layer headers

Question 72

An attacker has installed a RAT on a host. The attacker wants to ensure that when a user attempts to go to “www.MyPersonalBank.com”, the user is directed to a phishing site.
Which file does the attacker need to modify?
A. Boot.ini
B. Sudoers
C. Networks
D. Hosts

Answer 72

D. Hosts

Question 73

is a set of extensions to DNS that provide the origin authentication of DNS data to DNS clients (resolvers) so as to reduce the threat of DNS poisoning, spoofing, and similar types of attacks.
A. DNSSEC
B. Resource records
C. Resource transfer
D. Zone transfer

Answer 73

A. DNSSEC

Question 74

Which of the following incident handling process phases is responsible for defining rules, collaborating human workforce, creating a back-up plan, and testing the plans for an organization?
A. Preparation phase
B. Containment phase
C. Identification phase
D. Recovery phase

Answer 74

A. Preparation phase

Question 75

The configuration allows a wired or wireless network interface controller to pass all traffic it receives to the Central Processing Unit (CPU), rather than passing only the frames that the controller is intended to receive.
Which of the following is being described?
A. Multi-cast mode
B. Promiscuous mode
C. WEM
D. Port forwarding

Answer 75

B. Promiscuous mode

Question 76

A large mobile telephony and data network operator has a data center that houses network elements. These are essentially large computers running on Linux. The perimeter of the data center is secured with
firewalls and IPS systems.
What is the best security policy concerning this setup?
A. Network elements must be hardened with user ids and strong passwords. Regular security tests and audits should be performed.
B. As long as the physical access to the network elements is restricted, there is no need for additional measures.
C. There is no need for specific security measures on the network elements as long as firewalls and IPS systems exist.
D. The operator knows that attacks and down time are inevitable and should have a backup site.

Answer 76

A. Network elements must be hardened with user ids and strong passwords. Regular security tests and audits should be performed.

Question 77

PGP, SSL, and IKE are all examples of which type of cryptography?
A. Digest
B. Secret Key
C. Public Key
D. Hash Algorithm

Answer 77

C. Public Key

Question 78

Peter is surfing the internet looking for information about DX Company. Which hacking process is Peter doing?
A. Scanning
B. Footprinting
C. Enumeration
D. System Hacking

Answer 78

B. Footprinting

Question 79

A hacker is an intelligent individual with excellent computer skills and the ability to explore a computer’s software and hardware without the owner’s permission. Their intention can either be to simply gain
knowledge or to illegally make changes.
Which of the following class of hacker refers to an individual who works both offensively and defensively at various times?
A. White Hat
B. Suicide Hacker
C. Gray Hat
D. Black Hat

Answer 79

C. Gray Hat

Question 80

During a recent security assessment, you discover the organization has one Domain Name Server (DNS) in a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and a second DNS server on the internal network.
What is this type of DNS configuration commonly called?
A. DynDNS
B. DNS Scheme
C. DNSSEC
D. Split DNS

Answer 80

D. Split DNS

Question 81

What kind of detection techniques is being used in antivirus software that identifies malware by collecting data from multiple protected systems and instead of analyzing files locally it’s made on the provider’s
environment?
A. Behavioral based
B. Heuristics based
C. Honeypot based
D. Cloud based

Answer 81

D. Cloud based

Question 82

Which of the following tools is used to analyze the files produced by several packet-capture programs such as tcpdump, WinDump, Wireshark, and EtherPeek?
A. tcptrace
B. Nessus
C. OpenVAS
D. tcptraceroute

Answer 82

A. tcptrace

Question 83

What is the way to decide how a packet will move from an untrusted outside host to a protected inside that is behind a firewall, which permits the hacker to determine which ports are open and if the packets can
pass through the packet-filtering of the firewall?
A. Session hijacking
B. Firewalking
C. Man-in-the middle attack
D. Network sniffing

Answer 83

B. Firewalking

Question 84

Which of the following is not a Bluetooth attack?
A. Bluedriving
B. Bluesmacking
C. Bluejacking
D. Bluesnarfing

Answer 84

A. Bluedriving

Question 85

What is the role of test automation in security testing?
A. It is an option but it tends to be very expensive.
B. It should be used exclusively. Manual testing is outdated because of low speed and possible test setup inconsistencies.
C. Test automation is not usable in security due to the complexity of the tests.
D. It can accelerate benchmark tests and repeat them with a consistent test setup. But it cannot replace manual testing completely.

Answer 85

D. It can accelerate benchmark tests and repeat them with a consistent test setup. But it cannot replace manual testing completely.

Question 86

Your company performs penetration tests and security assessments for small and medium-sized business in the local are a. During a routine security assessment, you discover information that suggests your client is
involved with human trafficking.
What should you do?
A. Confront the client in a respectful manner and ask her about the data.
B. Copy the data to removable media and keep it in case you need it.
C. Ignore the data and continue the assessment until completed as agreed.
D. Immediately stop work and contact the proper legal authorities.

Answer 86

D. Immediately stop work and contact the proper legal authorities.

Question 87

While using your bank’s online servicing you notice the following string in the URL bar:
“http: // www. MyPersonalBank. com/ account?id=368940911028389&Damount=10980&Camount=21” You observe that if you modify the Damount & Camount values and submit the request, that data on the web
page reflects the changes.
Which type of vulnerability is present on this site?
A. Cookie Tampering
B. SQL Injection
C. Web Parameter Tampering
D. XSS Reflection

Answer 87

C. Web Parameter Tampering

Question 88

The establishment of a TCP connection involves a negotiation called three-way handshake. What type of message does the client send to the server in order to begin this negotiation?
A. ACK
B. SYN
C. RST
D. SYN-ACK

Answer 88

B. SYN

Question 89

Which type of security feature stops vehicles from crashing through the doors of a building?
A. Bollards
B. Receptionist
C. Mantrap
D. Turnstile

Answer 89

A. Bollards

Question 90

The company PLUS recently contracts a new accountant. The accountant will be working with the financial statements. Those financial statements need to be approved by the CFO and then they will be sent to the
accountant but the CFO is worried because he wants to be sure that the information sent to the accountant was not modified once he approved it. Which of the following options can be useful to ensure the integrity
of the data?
A. The CFO can use a hash algorithm in the document once he approved the financial statements
B. The CFO can use an excel file with a password
C. The financial statements can be sent twice, one by email and the other delivered in USB and the accountant can compare both to be sure is the same document
D. The document can be sent to the accountant using an exclusive USB for that document

Answer 90

A. The CFO can use a hash algorithm in the document once he approved the financial statements

Question 91

What is the purpose of a demilitarized zone on a network?
A. To scan all traffic coming through the DMZ to the internal network
B. To only provide direct access to the nodes within the DMZ and protect the network behind it
C. To provide a place to put the honeypot
D. To contain the network devices you wish to protect

Answer 91

B. To only provide direct access to the nodes within the DMZ and protect the network behind it

Question 92

Which of the following Linux commands will resolve a domain name into IP address?
A. >host-t a hackeddomain.com
B. >host-t ns hackeddomain.com
C. >host -t soa hackeddomain.com
D. >host -t AXFR hackeddomain.com

Answer 92

A. >host-t a hackeddomain.com

Question 93

Shellshock allowed an unauthorized user to gain access to a server. It affected many Internet-facing services, which OS did it not directly affect?
A. Linux
B. Unix
C. OS X
D. Windows

Answer 93

D. Windows

Question 94

Which regulation defines security and privacy controls for Federal information systems and organizations?
A. HIPAA
B. EU Safe Harbor
C. PCI-DSS
D. NIST-800-53

Answer 94

D. NIST-800-53

Question 95

What is a “Collision attack” in cryptography?
A. Collision attacks try to get the public key
B. Collision attacks try to break the hash into three parts to get the plaintext value
C. Collision attacks try to break the hash into two parts, with the same bytes in each part to get the private key
D. Collision attacks try to find two inputs producing the same hash

Answer 95

D. Collision attacks try to find two inputs producing the same hash

Question 96

Which of the following tools can be used for passive OS fingerprinting?
A. nmap
B. tcpdump
C. tracert
D. ping

Answer 96

B. tcpdump

Question 97

Which of the following describes the characteristics of a Boot Sector Virus?
A. Modifies directory table entries so that directory entries point to the virus code instead of the actual program.
B. Moves the MBR to another location on the RAM and copies itself to the original location of the MBR.
C. Moves the MBR to another location on the hard disk and copies itself to the original location of the MBR.
D. Overwrites the original MBR and only executes the new virus code.

Answer 97

C. Moves the MBR to another location on the hard disk and copies itself to the original location of the MBR.

Question 98

Your company was hired by a small healthcare provider to perform a technical assessment on the network.
What is the best approach for discovering vulnerabilities on a Windows-based computer?
A. Use the built-in Windows Update tool
B. Use a scan tool like Nessus
C. Check MITRE.org for the latest list of CVE findings
D. Create a disk image of a clean Windows installation

Answer 98

B. Use a scan tool like Nessus

Question 99

Which of the following is a command line packet analyzer similar to GUI-based Wireshark?
A. nessus
B. tcpdump
C. ethereal
D. jack the ripper

Answer 99

B. tcpdump

Question 100

DHCP snooping is a great solution to prevent rogue DHCP servers on your network. Which security feature on switchers leverages the DHCP snooping database to help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks?
A. Spanning tree
B. Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
C. Port security
D. Layer 2 Attack Prevention Protocol (LAPP)

Answer 100

B. Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)